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fromThe New Yorker
1 week agoHow the Guillotine Got Axed
France's abolition of capital punishment in 1981 serves as a model for addressing similar issues in the U.S.
France's General Inspectorate of Justice (IGJ) has exposed failings in an investigation into Dominique Pelicot, convicted in a high-profile rape case, for not acting on DNA evidence against him for a dozen years, in a report seen by AFP. Pelicot was sentenced to 20 years in prison in December 2024 in a case that shocked the country, after admitting to repeatedly drugging his then-wife Gisele Pelicot and inviting dozens of men to rape her while she was unconscious between 2011 and 2020.
French senator Nicole Bonnefoy - who has recently raised a series of question in the Senate on this issue - told The Local that new guidance on income requirements for French citizenship must not unfairly penalise retirees or children who grew up here, and says decisions should be based on "the whole life story".
A French prosecutor is seeking murder charges against seven suspects in the fatal beating of a far-right activist that has fuelled political anger beyond France's borders, prompting Emmanuel Macron to tell Italy's far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, to keep out of French affairs. Quentin Deranque, 23, died from head injuries after being attacked by at least six people on the sidelines of a far-right protest in Lyon on 12 February.